Abhijit Naik

• Senior Technology C-Suite leader with deep expertise in wealth management platforms, finance technology, engineering, commercial strategy, and people leadership. • Strategic thought leader focused on building integrated, resilient organizations and purpose-driven Global Capability Centers (GCCs), anchored around three Centers of Excellence: Efficiency, Effective Business Value Creation, and Engineering, innovation Culture. • Proven transformational leader with a strong track record of delivering commercial solutions that align long-term strategy with immediate enterprise needs—driven by continuous innovation, modernization, and disciplined execution. • Recognized culture carrier and global leader in advancing firm-wide technology strategy and goals. • Member of the US-India Business Council (USIBC) AI Task Force and contributor to the NASSCOM AI Compendium. • Board Member, Ramdeobaba University (RBU), Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. • 3AI ACME 2025: AI Trailblazer Award winner. • Instrumental in helping organizations accelerate patent portfolios and earn multiple accolades in innovation and talent development. • Led award-winning talent acquisition and upskilling initiatives to build future-ready teams. Morgan Stanley | Since June 2016 Abhijit joined Morgan Stanley in 2016 and built a world-class GCC for Wealth Management Technology from the ground up. Today, this organization plays a critical role in shaping and executing global tech strategy and delivering business outcomes. He leads Wealth Management Technology in India, driving a unified, data-driven middle and back office that powers advisory, self-directed, and MS@Work channels. His teams have implemented advanced solutions across AI, GenAI, ML, analytics, cloud, big data, Adobe Analytics, and CRM. Under his leadership, the organization delivered multiple award-winning and patented products including Next Best Action, Genome, Leads Platform, Fraud Analytics, Cyber Analytics, and most recently AI@MS, Debrief, and a GenAI-integrated Contact Center—driving cost efficiencies and elevating service-to-sales transformation. His team has been pivotal in institutionalizing AI/ML and GenAI across the firm. Prior Roles Before Morgan Stanley, Abhijit held senior leadership roles at Merrill Lynch and Bank of America in Pennington, NJ, where he led strategic initiatives in goal-based wealth management, risk analytics, and the Merrill Edge financial planning suite. Earlier, he worked as a senior consultant advising Fortune 500 companies on digital strategy and enterprise solution implementation.